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Are you seriously saying people in the north of Europe are happier than in the south? I beg to disagree. Countries in the north have, for example, much higher
by dieortin 5y ago
Are you seriously saying people in the north of Europe are happier than in the south? I beg to disagree.
Countries in the north have, for example, much higher suicide rates. I’d actually argue people in the south are happier than in the north. Of course, their economies are weaker. But that doesn’t have to translate directly into unhappiness.
- marvin 5y agoYou'd have to argue why suicide rates that are measured to be higher trumps scientific attempts at directly measuring happiness. The latter does indeed rank Southern Europe lower than both Northern Europe and the United States. https://countryeconomy.com/demography/world-happiness-index https://countryeconomy.com/demography/world-happiness-index
- joelbluminator 5y agoI think unemployment will usually translate to unhappiness. If you are unemployed 30-40 year what do you do? Start a family? Can't. Travel the world? Can't. Find consolation in religion? Very few people in Europe do that. Jobs are very very important for self esteem and mental well being.
- relativ575 5y agoIf we don't even agree on what happiness means, how can we decide whether people in the US or EU are happier?
- joelbluminator 5y agoWell we can ask people how happy they are by making them score their lives, that's what most happiness researchers do. We can pretty much all agree on what unhappiness is right? Starvation is unhappy. Terrible war is unhappy. Mental illness is unhappy. Loneliness is almost always unhappy. I don't think it's as subjective as you make it to be. The pyramid of needs is quite universal.